Edward M. Irwin

Edward Michael Irwin (* April 14, 1869 in Leasburg, Crawford County, Missouri, † January 30, 1933 in Belleville, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1925 and 1931 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward Irwin attended the common schools and taught for some time after in Leasburg as a teacher. He then studied at the University of Missouri in Columbia. After studying medicine at the Missouri Medical College in St. Louis and his 1892 was admitted as a doctor he first began in New Athens (Illinois ) and then work from 1903 in Belleville in this profession. Between 1904 and 1908 he was a coroner in St. Clair County. In 1910 he became president of the Belleville Bank & Trust Co. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. From 1898 to 1924 Irwin was district chairman of the Republicans in St. Clair County. In June 1920 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in part in Chicago, was nominated at the Warren G. Harding as their presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1924, Irwin was in the 22nd electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Edward E. Miller on March 4, 1925. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1931 three legislative periods. Since 1929 he was chairman of the Committee on Claims. In 1930 Edward Irwin was not re-elected. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a doctor again. He died on 30 January 1933 in Belleville.

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